The Hono Handbook: Complete Web Framework Reference for Hono v4: Routing, Middleware, RPC, Streaming, and Edge Deployment by Jordan Blake
English | August 25, 2026 | ASIN: B0HGFVTTCK | 240 pages | EPUB | 1.03 Mb
The ultrafast web framework, fully documented.
Hono means "flame" in Japanese. It is a small, simple, and ultrafast web framework built on Web Standards that runs on any JavaScript runtime: Cloudflare Workers, Bun, Deno, Vercel, Netlify, AWS Lambda, and Node.js.
The Hono Handbook is the complete reference for Hono v4. Every chapter is grounded in the official documentation, with working code examples, reference tables, and the gotchas that trip up real developers.
What's inside:
Getting Started - scaffold, run, and deploy on every supported runtime
Routing - path parameters, regexp patterns, grouping, priority, and strict mode
Context & HonoRequest - response helpers, per-request variables, parseBody, and platform bindings
Middleware - the onion model, CORS, JWT, Basic Auth, and 15+ built-in options
Validation - Zod, Valibot, ArkType, and the validator() function
RPC - type-safe API clients with zero code generation
JSX & SSR - server-side rendering without React
Streaming & SSE - stream(), streamText(), streamSSE()
Cookies & Sessions - signed cookies, __Secure-/__Host- prefixes
Error Handling - HTTPException, onError, notFound
Testing - app.request() in-process testing with Vitest
Routers & Performance - five routers, hono/tiny, benchmarks
SSG - static site generation with toSSG()
Best Practices - architecture, factory pattern, security checklist
Who this book is for:
JavaScript and TypeScript developers who want a single organized reference for Hono. Jump to any chapter. No fluff, no filler. Just the framework, documented.
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